“la pauvreté est comme un mal qu'on endort en soi et qui ne donne pas trop de douleur, à condition de ne pas trop bouger. On s’y habitue, on finit par ne plus y prendre garde tant qu’on reste avec elle tapie dans l’obscurité; mais qu'on s'avise de la sortir au grand jour, et on s'effraie, on la voit enfin, si sordide qu'on hésite à l'exposer au soleil.
(Ch. XIII)”

La Touche étoile, Benoîte Groult, Le Livre de Poche, 2006, 22-23
La Touche étoile

Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.
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Partie du discours de Sage l'Ancien
La Ferme des animaux, 1945

Citations de l'auteur, Montedidio, 2001

Le plus petit baiser jamais recensé

Princesse Brambilla ('), 1820

The Long Voyage

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

The courage it take for a woman to say yes is beyond anything I can imagine. A woman saying yes to a date with a man is litteraly insane, and ill-advised. And the whole species' existence count on them for doing it. How do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? Men are the number one threat! Globally and historically, men are the number one cause of injuries to women. We're the worst thing that ever happend to them. You know what our number one threat is? Heart diseases.
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Oh My God (2013)

Un roi sans divertissement